Mercer, E. (2013). Church of St Wilfrid, Standish. Lancaster: Oxford Archaeology (North). https://doi.org/10.5284/1027703. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Church of St Wilfrid, Standish
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeology North unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 The Reverend Andrew Holliday and the Parochial Church Council (PCC) of St Wilfrid, Standish, commissioned Oxford Archaeology North (OA North) to undertake an archaeological watching brief during groundworks associated with the dismantling and rebuilding of the churchyard wall at the Church of St Wilfrid, Standish, Greater Manchester (NGR SD 5631 1026). The current wall delineates the northern boundary of the churchyard, and acts as a retaining wall to the graveyard. The force exerted from the raised level behind the wall, together with a number of mature trees that had been present, was pushing the wall outwards towards the public highway, Rectory Lane, hence the requirement for remedial work to the wall, which included the removal of a 30m section of the existing wall and part excavation of the graveyard behind the wall. The removal of a section of the church wall revealed evidence of made ground deposits within the churchyard, which contained charnel deposits. These groups of human remains represented the disparate elements of several individuals of either sex and various ages; weathering and obvious damage from digging tools indicated where they had been disturbed in the past, presumably from the many years of grave digging within the churchyard, before being removed, piecemeal, to unused locations at the edge of the churchyard.
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Author:		 Eric Mercer
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology (North)
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Greater Manchester HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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Site: Church of St Wilfrid, Standish
Parish: STANDISH
District: Wigan
County: Greater Manchester
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Rectory Lane
Location - Auto Detected: St Wilfrid Standish Greater Manchester
Grid Reference: 356310, 410260 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CHURCH (Monument Type England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar2-180296
OBIB: 2013-14/1445
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Created Date:		 28 Nov 2016